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Chapter 1

March is early spring along the city.

The evergreen trees on the roadside suddenly ushered in a leaf-falling season in the early spring weather. The roads and streets were filled with withered yellow leaves. Lin Qingyi walked on them, and his soft flat shoes made crisp sounds on the leaves.

Lin Qingyi, holding the cat food in his hand, walked to a newsstand at the corner of the street as usual.

This newsstand has been there since Lin Qing was born. When she was a child, her mother loved to bring her here. She would show her books one by one, let her choose her favorite one, then buy it and take her to a nearby park to sit and read books and magazines.

As time goes by, there are less than ten newsstands left in the entire city, and this newsstand has remained standing here.

But Lin Qingyi was always worried that this newsstand would disappear one day, so he often came here to buy a few of the latest issues of books and magazines, contributing his own little effort to maintain the business of this newsstand.

The contents of the covers of books and magazines are basically all article summaries, so Lin Qingyi didn't pay much attention to them when he picked them up normally. But when he was about to pick them up today, Lin Qingyi was stunned.

Because the cover of this issue suddenly became very flashy.

Lin Qing looked carefully and saw a large title with white letters on a black background among the black and white colors - Dream Maker Plan.

She rarely stayed at the newsstand for a while. Below the title, there was a line of not-so-small words: Recruiting trainees, the latest plan for 2019, realize your idol dream.

It turned out to be the latest season of the talent show.

Lin Qing rarely paid attention to these things, so he just took a casual look and bought three books to take away as usual.

When she brought the cat food and magazines home, the nanny had already prepared lunch, and Yan Jieping and Yan Feiyang were already sitting at the table eating.

Yan Jieping looked at her late figure and said in a cold voice, "It took you so long to buy cat food."

Then he looked down and saw the three magazines she was holding.

"Go buy these useless books and magazines again."

Yan Feiyang, who was standing by, also said unhappily, "Why don't you feed Xiaoju quickly? Xiaoju is starving to death!"

Lin Qingyi didn't say a word during the whole process. She was used to remaining silent in this kind of conversation.

Seeing her feeding the cat, Yan Jieping said calmly, "Wash your hands after feeding and come eat."

Lin Qingyi's mother died of illness when she was in high school. Before her death, she entrusted her to her aunt, Yan Jieping.

At that time, Yan Jieping's company had not yet gone public and her family was not rich, but she still agreed to her mother's request.

Yan Jieping already had her own daughter, Yan Feiyang, and with the addition of Lin Qingyi, the already poor family became even more struggling.

But if she were to ask herself, no matter how difficult the life was, Lin Qingyi never felt that Yan Jieping had treated her harshly materially or made things difficult for her.

She makes all the choices by herself, which is a great right for Lin Qingyi, who lives under someone else's roof.

Later, Yan Jieping's company went public, business became better and better, and the Yan family became richer day by day.

When decorating the new house, Yan Jieping specially set aside a room for Lin Qingyi. Because there were few rooms in the house before, she and Yan Feiyang lived together.

Although it was most likely Yan Feiyang who strongly requested not to live with her, Lin Qingyi was still very grateful to Yan Jieping.

After feeding the kitten, Lin Qingyi waited in the room for a while before going downstairs to eat. By then, the restaurant was empty, which suited Lin Qingyi's taste. When the three of them were eating together, Yan Feiyang always liked to make sarcastic remarks, so Lin Qingyi would often pretend to be busy and choose to eat after they had finished.

Lin Qingyi didn't hate Yan Feiyang. After all, her appearance definitely took away some of Yan Jieping's maternal love. It was normal for Yan Feiyang to dislike her, so Lin Qingyi always tried to avoid conflicts.

After dinner, Lin Qingyi returned to his room.

The cell phone that was originally placed on the table kept vibrating. Lin Qingyi knew without thinking that Tan Xiaoran must have discovered something new.

Tan Xiaoran was Lin Qingyi's roommate when she was an undergraduate. Tan Xiaoran had a loud and noisy personality, while Lin Qingyi had a quiet personality and didn't like to participate in group activities, so she and Tan Xiaoran had little interaction at first.

The two of them officially met because Tan Xiaoran was reported for cheating in an exam. Lin Qingyi was sitting behind her during the exam and naturally knew that she did not cheat. So he took the initiative to find the teacher and help Tan Xiaoran explain the matter. Later, Tan Xiaoran found out about it for some reason.

Tan Xiaoran is a person who values ​​loyalty. Since Lin Qingyi helped her, Tan Xiaoran wanted to repay her well. After a few interactions, the two became familiar with each other.

Later, the two took the postgraduate entrance examination together, and unexpectedly they were admitted to the same university. Tan Xiaoran was quite superstitious and felt that this was the fate between them. So no matter whether Lin Qingyi responded to her or not, she still insisted on sharing her daily life with Lin Qingyi. Lin Qingyi was not a heartless person, so the two became good friends.

As soon as Lin Qing picked up his phone, he saw that the number of unread messages on the green chat software had become 99+.

Rising Sun: [11! Did you see that? The latest season of the talent show is coming!]

Rising Sun: [Now recruiting! 】

Rising Sun: [I won't let this opportunity go! This time, I must realize my dream!]

11 is Lin Qingyi. It was originally Yiyi, but when Tan Xiaoran kept calling it, it became 11.

Tan Xiaoran has had a dream of making her debut since she was a child. Ever since she came into contact with her first girl group in junior high school, she has been deeply fascinated by idol groups and vowed to debut as an idol.

Lin Qingyi looked at the message she sent and immediately thought of the audition poster she had just seen in a book. She took a photo and sent it over, but before she could even ask if it was this, Tan Xiaoran on the other end had already sent hundreds of exclamation marks.

She looked at the cover, feeling nothing. Lin Qingzhi only wanted to be an ordinary person. She had just graduated from graduate school in law and was preparing to interview for an internship at a law firm in a few days.

Seeing Lin Qingyi so calm, Tan Xiaoran was a little bit unbelievable. There was actually someone who was not excited at all when facing this kind of audition.

Besides, Tan Xiaoran has always been a fan of Lin Qingyi because of his looks.

She felt that based on Lin Qingyi's face, even if he went there, he might not make his debut 100%, but he would definitely be popular for a while.

Tan Xiaoran knew that Lin Qingyi was a soft-hearted person, and usually she would persuade him to agree to her request through some coaxing and persuasion. So this time when participating in the audition, Tan Xiaoran also wanted to persuade Lin Qingyi to go with her.

Rising Sun: [11, just come with me!]

1: [No, I'm going to have an interview at a law firm in two days.]

Rising Sun: [11. Honestly, is becoming a lawyer really your dream? Life is so long, don't you want to try a different path?]

Rising Sun: [We can go to the law firm anytime, but this is our only chance to audition! We're already at the age limit, so let's just give it a try, try a different path!]

Lin Qingyi looked at Tan Xiaoran's words and suddenly became absent-minded.

Is becoming a lawyer really your dream?

Lin Qingyi knew that he didn't actually have any so-called dreams, and becoming a lawyer was just his mother's wish.

She didn't want to let her mother down, that's all.

She doesn't have any hobbies, she just likes dancing occasionally.

Tan Xiaoran had previously recommended her to watch a girl group. Although she didn't say it, she still liked it very much. She also secretly bought the albums and photo cards of her favorite girl group and practiced some of their dances.

Thinking of this, Lin Qingyi suddenly felt a little conflicted.

She has worked hard for her mother's wish and has now passed the bar exam and become a lawyer.

And now, she suddenly wanted to pursue her own life.

Lin Qingyi looked at the photo of her mother on the table. In the photo, her mother was hugging her, and the photo was taken in the yard in front of their home. Her smile was sweet and warm.

Her mother would support her.

She was about to bow her head and say "OK" to Tan Xiaoran, but then she changed her mind and realized that she didn't seem to have any special talents. She had always been tone-deaf in singing and only practiced dancing for fun, and had never received any professional training outside.

Lin Qingyi began to hesitate again.

Tan Xiaoran, who was on the other side of the screen, looked at the 'input in progress' that kept showing on the dialog box between the two people, feeling a little confused.

Lin Qingyi usually responded to her messages quickly, but this time he took so long, could it be that he wanted to go?!

Thinking of this, Tan Xiaoran seized the opportunity and quickly typed a few lines.

Rising Sun: [11, what are you hesitating about?! I'm telling you, with your looks, you definitely won't have to worry about getting eliminated in the first round!]

Lin Qingyi looked at her words and fell silent.

She always knew that Tan Xiaoran liked her face, because every time they ate together, Tan Xiaoran would often stare at her face and smile foolishly. The first few times, it always scared Lin Qingyi, but later she got used to it and just let her do what she wanted.

But Lin Qingyi has never thought that she is the good-looking type. Of course, she doesn’t think she is ugly, she just looks ordinary.

Rising Sun: [You don't have to worry about singing and dancing. After we stay in the first round, we will follow the process and there will be mentors to guide us later!]

Rising Sun: [Oh, I get excited just thinking about the mentors. The last few times I watched, every mentor had a nice personality, was beautiful, and was very patient. I wonder who it will be this time. It would be great if one of my idols is one of them.]

…

Lin Qingyi looked at the screen, but what he was thinking about was that his dance could be taught by a professional teacher.

Thinking of this, Lin Qingyi felt a little moved.

She looked at the posters in the books and magazines, thinking about what Tan Xiaoran said. Since she had the opportunity to try it, she didn't want to miss it.

This was the first time she lived for herself.

Lin Qingyi no longer hesitated and quickly typed a message in the chat box between the two.

1: [Okay, let’s sign up.]